Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0How is Tyler run?
Tyler’s city government spent $118.6 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, about $1,106 per resident. That is its newest year reported to the Census Bureau. Water and other utilities ($23.7 million) and the airport ($1.9 million) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Tyler is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $1,106 per resident a year, or $3.03 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: police, at 26%.
Thank you for being a neighbor
No comparison or trend for Tyler yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Tyler’s 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2023 only (2022 and 2024 are estimates), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, up from 841 in 2022. Both are Census estimates.
The typical homeowner pays $2,751 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 1.17% of the home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Tyler’s rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Tyler’s Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Tyler →
Who’s in charge in Tyler
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Tyler’s meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on cityoftyler.org ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 122 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2023 finance file (107,192).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Tyler Independent School District
Tyler’s K–12 school district, shared with Noonday. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,967 per pupil, $7,098 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Texas districts overall: 51% local, 36% state, 13% federal.
Whitehouse Independent School District · $11,753 per pupil
Chapel Hill Independent School District · $12,927 per pupil
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Tyler’s votes are counted by county
Texas reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Tyler alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Smith County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican71.9%74,862 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat26.9%28,041 votesOthers: 1.2% (1,283 votes).
Most votes in Smith County: Donald J Trump
Texas: Trump 56.1%, Harris 42.5%
100% of Tyler lies in Smith County. Every 2024 race in Smith County is on the county’s page.
Smith County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Tyler.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: cityoftyler.org ↗
- 2Texas HouseTyler is split between 2 districts
- 3Texas SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Texas
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Tyler’s government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Tyler’s government
How much does Tyler spend per resident?
About $1,106 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2023, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Tyler?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $2,751 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 1.17% of the typical home’s value, vs 1.49% across Texas. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see cityoftyler.org.
Who runs Tyler’s government?
See cityoftyler.org for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Tyler yet.
How did Tyler vote in 2024?
Texas counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Tyler alone. Smith County, where 100% of Tyler lies, voted Trump 71.9%, Harris 26.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Tyler?
880 full-time and 32 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $5.7M (about $68.9M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Tyler in the state legislature?
Tyler is split among 2 State House districts, so your address decides. The Texas Legislature’s lookup finds yours. Its State Senate district is District 1 (Bryan Hughes). Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Tyler’s government
Neighbors who’ve been to the meetings can help.
Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →